Just a Minute
Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without repetition, hesitation or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."
- Creator:
- Ian Messiter
Currently airing
Cast
Seasons
1995 Series
Aired on ITV. Second season of the TV version of Just a Minute.
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1999 Series4 episodes
Aired on BBC TV. Third series of the TV version of popular radio show Just a Minute.
- No stillE3Episode 3· 30m
Featured panellists: Linda Smith, Gyles Brandreth, Gary Wilmot, Isla Blair
- No stillE14Episode 14· 30m
Featured panellists: Linda Smith, Wendy Richard, Peter Jones, Pam Ayres
- No stillE16Episode 16· 30m
Featured panellists: Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer, Wendy Richard, Stephen Frost
- No stillE18Episode 18· 30m
Featured panellists: Nicholas Parsons, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Jo Brand, Peter Jones
1994 series
Aired on ITV. First season of the TV version of popular radio show Just a Minute.
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2012 series201210 episodes
Celebrating 45 years of this classic radio comedy panel game, host Nicolas Parsons is joined by guests each week. The players try to speak for one minute on a subject while avoiding hesitation, repetition and deviation.
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Details
- Networks
- BBC One
- Seasons
- 4 · 14 episodes
- Runtime
- 30m per episode
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- March 26, 2012
- Homepage
- Official site ↗